{"id":"MET-DEN-001","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City and County of Denver, Colorado","state":"CO","metro":"DEN","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Executive Director, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (Robert M. McDonald)","authority":"D.R.M.C. section 24-16; Mayor\u0027s declaration of local disaster emergency of Mar. 12, 2020 under C.R.S. 24-33.5-701 et seq.","instrument":"Public Health Order restricting access to City facilities and cancelling permitted outdoor gatherings of 250 or more (indexed by DDPHE as the \u0027City and County of Denver Official State of Emergency Declaration\u0027)","title":"Public Health Order of March 13, 2020 (Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver Coliseum, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Colorado Convention Center, McNichols Civic Center Building; libraries; recreation centers; permitted outdoor gatherings)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13 (effective immediately)","end":"Facilities closed for 30 days and thereafter under the stay-home and Safer at Home orders; libraries and recreation centers \u0027until further notice\u0027","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EVT","GATH","CLOSE"],"addressees":["City venues and facilities","permit holders for outdoor gatherings","the public"],"clause":"the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the Denver Coliseum, the Denver Performing Arts Complex, the Colorado Convention Center, and the McNichols Civic Center Building (together \u0022FACILITIES\u0022) shall be ACCESS RESTRICTED for 30 days to minimize the spread of COVID-19. ACCESS RESTRICTED means the FACILITIES shall remain closed to the public for any purpose. ADDITIONALLY, all Denver public libraries, and all Denver recreation centers shall also be ACCESS RESTRICTED until further notice... FURTHERMORE, all City permitted public outdoor gatherings scheduled in the next 30 days for 250 or more persons are hereby CANCELLED","enforcement":"D.R.M.C. section 24-16 (public health orders); the recited Mayor\u0027s emergency declaration","functions":["MK events, shows and conventions (Colorado Convention Center closed)","PE performances and venues","GATH events","CB customer base (public venues closed)"],"notes":"The first Denver order; it closed the metro\u0027s convention center and its largest performance venues to the public before any statewide closure. Scanned PDF; read by rasterizing page 1.","sourceUrl":"https://www.denvergov.org/files/assets/public/v/1/public-health-and-environment/documents/2025-covid-phos/2020-03-13-pho.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":123416,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-DEN","url":"/library/MET-DEN-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-DEN-001","citation":"Executive Director, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (Robert M. McDonald), Public Health Order restricting access to City facilities and cancelling permitted outdoor gatherings of 250 or more (indexed by DDPHE as the \u0027City and County of Denver Official State of Emergency Declaration\u0027) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-DEN-001)","stateName":"Colorado","related":["SEC-06-GM-051"]}